clink
- n. 叮當聲;[建] 劈楔;牢房
- vi. 發(fā)叮當聲
- vt. 發(fā)出叮當聲
- n. (Clink)人名;(英)克林克
詞態(tài)變化
中文詞源
擬聲詞。俚語監(jiān)獄,模仿鐐銬發(fā)出的聲音。
英文詞源
- clink (v.)
- early 14c., echoic (compare Dutch klinken, Old High German klingan, German klingen). Related: Clinked; clinking. The noun in the sound sense is from c. 1400.
- clink (n.2)
- "prison," 1770s, apparently originally (early 16c.) the Clynke on Clink Street in Southwark, on the estate of the bishops of Winchester. To kiss the clink "to be imprisoned" is from 1580s, and the word and the prison name might be cognate derivatives of the sound made by chains or metal locks (see clink (v.)).
- clink (n.1)
- "sharp, ringing sound made by collision of sonorous (especially metallic) bodies," c. 1400, from clink (v.).
雙語例句
- 1. She knows you were in the clink.
- 她知道你們進了監(jiān)獄.
來自辭典例句
- 2. No other oils will clink to engine parts as Torco oil does.
- 沒有其他油將叮當發(fā)動機部件Torco石油沒有.
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- 3. The'clink'was a sign of trust and honesty.
- 碰杯是一種信任和誠信的標志.
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- 4. I heard the clink of coins in his pockets.
- 我聽到了他口袋里叮當碰撞的硬幣聲.
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- 5. In the hallway outside, a scuffle of feet . A clink of metal.
- 在走廊外面, 有扭打的痕跡和金屬發(fā)出的聲音.
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